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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Cabinet time

Well, the cabinets are ordered! We went with a local kitchen place to order and install the cabinets, we chose Koch Cabinets, a family company in Kansas. I chose the Savannah door, a simple shaker style, in a white painted birch finish.

They will look similar to this, only without the fancy glass doors on the left.

I've scanned in the plan from our kitchen designer, these are a little rough but you get the idea. We are not changing the layout of the kitchen. Here is the sink wall:

Don't mind the floating sink, that is supposed to be a regular undermount stainless sink, not sure why it's like that! The cabinet to the right of the dishwasher is a waste bin cabinet with two large cans behind a tall single door. Range wall with huge cookware drawers:

The refrigerator wall will have the biggest changes, with a tall broom closet on the left of the frig, and the microwave in a cabinet under the counter. There is a panel enclosing the right side of the frig, that is not pictured. The counter on this wall will be 42 inches to make using the microwave easier and make it more like a bar height. That micro cabinet is seriously not to scale, the drawer will be a nice big 15" high one and the microwave will fit perfectly in the upper cabinet.

All the base cabinets (except the sink base) are drawers or roller pullouts behind doors. I wanted lots of places to put heavy cookware, so I'm thrilled with this setup! The space above the microwave will be open shelves that I have yet to dream up. I'm might try to find some cool reclaimed wood rather than match them to the cabinets. Maybe rustic like this:

I've made some simple shelves for the art room, so I'm hoping to find some thicker wood to do something similar in the kitchen.

I can't wait to have all our dishes out in the open, we literally go through all our bowls and plates over the span of a couple days, so they will have no time to get dusty, and they are already white so they will look right at home.

Considering the installation involves lots of trim and should take the professionals about 3 days, I'm more than willing to pay for it! This total price is pretty much what Lowes wanted for installation of some Kraftmaid cabinets, and I like that we're going with a smaller family-owned cabinet maker instead. One thing down, about a million to go.....

Wow! This is going to be fabulous. I love all the thought that went into this. I am esp. liking the deep cookware drawers and the microwave under the cabinet. That's on my list for the next house. I really hate not having a hood!

Can't wait to see this come together. I'm so excited! (And clearly, it's all about me.)

open shelving is so beautiful. I would be too afraid to do it here in LA with the risk of earthquakes. How horrible would it be for everything to come tumbling down? (even if they weren't the nicer China...still a mess to clean up).

Ohhh I can't wait! Those cabinets look gorgeous and it sounds like you really thought everything through. There is always more to figure out than it seems. I really like the modern wood toned shelves you posted.

I love it! Its going to look so great! As for the wood shelves, you might be best off looking at a lumber/hardwood supply shop. That way you can buy whatever thickness you like in whatever wood tone you prefer. Most will cut your shelves to size for free :)

Um, your kitchen is going to look pretty much amazing. I'm impressed with anyone who can do open shelving - I wouldn't be able to because we have lots of mis-matched sets of dishes. Even though it costs a pretty penny, I agree it's totally worth it when they can get it done so fast!

About Me

My name is Sara. I am a home owner/renovator, photographer, and stay at home mom in the Chicago area trying to cram all kinds of projects into the time my son is at school. Ashford is 3, and I had our second baby Zach December 2015, so things are pretty busy around here! I like slightly inappropriate humor, wine, and stalking house blogs. I love starting new DIY projects and sometimes hate finishing them. I love taking portraits of families, children and couples whenever I can. This blog is all about the projects my husband and I tackle, the projects that fizzle, and the funny things that happen to us along the way.